How do i get into Splatoon?
>>738739969play splatoon 2 + dlc
>>738739969Ink your Splat Zone to some Squiddos.
>>738739969That's weird to think about. Someone missing the boat on splatoon.You can't just play splatoon 1 and 2's multiplayer again, the party's at splatoon 3 right now.You COULD play the single player modes for splatoon 1, 2 and 3. Along with the DLC for 2 and 3, at the very least.
I would very much so like to be inside a splatoon.
>>738739969masturbating to porn fanart.
>>738739969Travel back to 2015 and play Splatoon on the Wii UDo NOT play 3 unless you enjoy not having fun
>>738739969You shouldn’t because it will be nothing but a massive disappointment once you realize that a technically great game is held hostage on low end hardware and hosted on low cost servers. It’s a tragedy really.
>>738740073Isn't better to start with 3?
>>738739969At this point just wait for Splatoon Raiders and then the inevitable Splatoon 41 and 2 are dead and gone, 3 sucks
>>738740441The fuck?
>>7387406732 has a better single player experience.>fomosplatoon 3 isn't going away for a while. you'll live.
>>738739969Wait for 4 if you want a multiplayer focused PvP game. Raiders will probably be a good starting point to get used to the gameplay, world, and so on in the meantime.
>>738739969>How do i get into Splatoon?Buy game.Play game.Play game online.I don't understand how someone might have difficulty "getting into" a casual Nintendo party game.
>>738739969what's even the point of this game?
Are you more into singleplayer or multiplayer?If multiplayer, start with 3, it had a good singleplayer campaign too. If singleplayer, start with Raiders, which will have co-op if you have friends. If you wanna experience it all, buy 2 specifically for its dlc>>738742382To have fun
You can’t. Tendie sweaties make the game miserable for anyone who hasn’t devoted hundreds of hours into the game already.
>>738740756Splatoon 1 autists are a thing
i own all splatoon games + dlc, but never touched the multiplayer. yes, we exist.
>>7387407902 dlc is a better singleplayer experience. 2 base singleplayer is far worse than 3’s
>>738743063meaning 2+dlc is a better singleplayer experience than 3 and SHOULD be played before 3.
>>738739969Raiders will be ironically the best way to get into splatoo as it has no PvP so you don't get "tryhards" bullshit.
>>738743181No, 3+dlc is better than 2+dlc. But 2 dlc is the best. So yes, play that first, but a lot of people on here are poor, so the added context is worthwhile
>>738742914>>738743305I don’t get this complaint. The game has ranked matchmaking (unless you play turf war, maybe? But turf war is ass once the novelty wears off)
>>738742938And theyre correct
>>738744371lol, no they aren’t, they’re just your typical nostalgia fag. Splatoon 1 had some nice aspects, but it was also a mess that was losing its new IP buff by the end
I can’t wait for this game
I wonder what over the top finale they have planned this time. The team really knows how to create a set piece
>>738739969Cut your cock off.
>>738747760>cut your cock off to enjoy the squid sluts gameBad advice
>>738743334>No, 3+dlc is better than 2+dlc. But 2 dlc is the best.This. If you have the opportunity and means you should play all of it. But 2's base game story is not stellar. The DLC does a lot of heavy lifting for 2. Meanwhile 3's base game and DLC are both great even if 2's DLC is better than both.
>>738742382i enjoyed salmon runs. its basically cod zombies but you shoot fish instead. dont think i've ever played pvp and i dont think most of the playerbase does either.
>>738739969Play it. It's a multiplayer focused game and Splatoon 3 is currently the most active one.
The only people who hate 3 are the people who played way too much. 3 is great. play 3.
>>738752174I’ve played it way too much and still love it. I think a lot of hate is from rose tinted glasses. And it does lack its own big new thing. 1 was brand new, 2 had Salmon Run, 3 is more iterative. And that’s not a problem, it’s the best, but I can see a certain type being dissatisfied
I'm so tired of the "choose your style" instead of just "choose your gender." I get it, if you're a big corporation, you have to bend the knee to all this faggot shit because all the kids identify as some branch of brain damaged gender identity in place of a personality they barely had in the first place, but it's so fucking tiresome to see it in literally every single game. No clear and obvious male or female appearance, just a person shaped thing that you have to infer gender on.
>>738752381Can’t imagine giving a fuck. It allows me to create long haired guys and short haired girls. It’s a benefit, if you’re not mentally cucked by culture wars
How many copies do you think this thing will sell in its first weekend in Japan? Nips go nutty for these games
>>738752381I hate it too. But people kind of overlook how Splatoon isn't just asking you to choose the gender of the character, but also what species it is. As one singular choice. Either you'd need to split it up into one Male/Woman choice and one separate Squid/Octo choice. Two choices. Or you'd just have one screen with all options. But then you would need to adjust the language because all of a sudden you're choosing multiple things at once.
>>738752517That's fine in theory, but Legends ZA is the best most recent example of this shit where you think "oh hey more customization options, that's cool, I'm sure they'll have a nice amount of things that look good on both male and female styles or both" but it's just everything looks good on girls and some shit looks okay on guys but would look better on girls. This resulted in everyone just picking the male and dressing them up like a girl and going "hehe femboy" which appears to just be what any video game with customization that Nintendo makes is going for. You can either make a cute girl, or cute boy (feminine).
>>738753992I don’t really care what other people did with another game. ZA having shit variety in clothing is its own problem. Splatoon does not have that problem
>>738739969i have over 1k hours in splat 3
>>738744302PvP always devolves into "tryhards" galore, unless you are into that you will always end up frutrated and mad. Hell, it's the reason why Marvel Rivals is working in expand its PvE mode, they realized people enjoy the game more when they don't have to deal with "tryhards" and "meta", this is also why Highdivers 2 was so sucessful and there was massive backslash against the nerfs because "WHY THE FUCK YOU NEED TO NERF WEAPONS IN A PVE GAME?!"
>>738739969Is Splatoon the evolution of Team Fortress 2?
I had so much more fun in splatoon 2 than 3.Everything vomits ink.They baby the charger and splating classes in map design, nerfing ninja squid by multiple means, and generally overtuning them.Everything is a hallway with sheer dropdowns so perched up classes can see your vector of approach from MILES away.It's so bad every special in the game has to be designed to kick classes off their unassailable perches. I KNOW S3's design lead just has to be a charger main that HATES being snuck up on. The fucking faggot ruined this for me
>>738754653>I had so much more fun in splatoon 2 than 3.I didn't. I super love the Octo Expansion, but beyond that Splat2 has easily been the lowpoint of Splatoon for me and by more than just a little. It's the worst of both worlds for me between Splat1 and Splat3.
>>738754653Someone misses their ink armor crutch>It's so bad every special in the game has to be designed to kick classes off their unassailable perchesNot true and directly conflicts with your “he’s a charger main” schtick. He’s clearly a shooter main anyway.
>>738754892I hated how it outed my sneaking without my permission, actually
>>738754892Shooters being strong and scrappy is just inherent to the concept moron.
>>738755729Yet he keeps buffing them, retard
>>738754653This. and the worst part is they kept Missiles. Ever notice how they completely gutted the Reef's concept of multilevel stages? It's because missile are retarded on it
>>738755798Yeah because pencil runined the game.
>>738756483And he should’ve stopped beating around the bush and significantly hit pencil long ago
Delete E-Liters and Chargers are fine.
>>738739969Read books on military tactics. They unironically help.
Surely they'll show off Marie in the next Raiders Direct.
>>738756798Design the maps so that they can be reliably snuck up on and chargers are no issue at all.Is a monstrous injustice that they get to see ninja squids swimming AND spot their drop down. And that fucking spawn launcher glow? Give me a fucking break.
>>738754536Nope. Splatoon is, unironically, a direct bastard descendant of grandpa Doom, skipping Quake entirely in its evolutionary path. Every other modern shooter has unmistakable Quake genes in it, but not really Splat.
>>738757250Yeah I hope s4 makes it so you can opt out of the launcher and spawn on the ground.
>>738743063>>738750591I think 2's base game story is more important to go through if you are skipping Splatoon 1's singleplayer.The big issue of 2 isn't that it's bad, it's just the same shit as 1.
>>738757253Meanwhile, Team Fortress is a direct descendant of Quake in the most literal sense, it started as a Quake mod.
>>738739969Go back in time and play Splatoon day 1.Anyone who didn't has an objective, not a subjective "old good new bad" thing, but an objective worse experience of where the game is now.
>>738739969buy Raiders when it comes out and enjoy the single-player experience
>>738757349More important than 3’s storyline? Eh maybe. It gives you one game of seeing Octo conflict, but 3 gives you the original crew, complete with Agent 3, who is important, unlike the literal who Agent 4. And it gives context into every aspect of the story, a bit of octo feud, salmon run and setting up Deep Cut, the latter two being the most important for Raiders
>>738757047look at those inkers
>>738757528>day 1>missing out on the test fireyou’re not getting the peak splatoon experience
>>738739969How do I get into inklings
>>738757630Oh I don't think it's necessarily more important that 3's story as a whole, or even better. But if you think you are going to go through 2 anyway you may as well start there and actually play it.Also if you don't play the main story of 1 or 2, the bait and switch of 3 is much less enjoyable.
>>738757715What do you think "Day 1" means, if there was nothing before release then hopping in close to release would be fine.
the storyline in splatoon is like plot in pornyou fucking skip ityou're here for gameplay
>>738757642Yes, they're quite mesmerizing.
>>738757809The storyline was peak in octo expansion though.
>>738757787I was mostly joking around as a way to reminisce about the test fire, but day 1 often also means launch day
>>738739969get HRT at your local pharmacist just like most splatoon players who are fans of the franchise
Am I the only one that thinks charge hold is just entirely unnecessary as a concept for the charger class? Because without it they have in place a just fine balanced weakness. The worst thing is that they up and gave it to a SPLATLING.Thats improper as a fucking concept. Fuck Naut. Things need to get marked for death of something when they use it
>>738757809It’s a fun vehicle for wacky shenanigans and some kino moments. Nothing to take seriously, but it can have a small emotional hit when a particularly good credits song plays
>>738757769All very true anon, good point. The answer to OP really depends on how deep he wants to go
>>738757891Well, I meant literal day 1 but I suppose you're right.I barely slept so that I could play as much of the test fire as I could and got pissed my friend was featured for winning on a dev's team when I was destroying online thanks to caffeine.After finishing 3 I wish I got that same level of dedication at some point.
No one even plays this franchise here. Every thread I see about this game is just some avatarfag dumping his twitter images folder.
I really wish you could play octo expansion without having to purchase 2 to play it
>>738758220hey anon, look up
>>7387582702 has better maps than 3
>>738757935charge hold is a fun and largely impractical option for skill expression, most of the time you can just take the shot normally, and most of the rest of the time you're putting yourself into a lot of peril if you're not hitting that shotyou also used to pay for it by losing scoped chargers' little bit of extra range and paint, but now they've been normalized, which was a mistake desulet chargers have fun toonaut is, quite literally, marked for death when charge holding, it fucking glowsand for how good charge hold is for a splatling, charge hold unsquid still takes extra time, and it can't recover ink or use subs while holding charge either, so it's still majorly disadvantaged compared to baisic shooters
>>738739969>be 10>see marie dancing>fall in lovethat's it
>>738753651I'd guess at least a million. Might be a bit high but I think there's hope behind it.
>>738758875I think it clears one million easy. 2 sood nearly 700k in 3 days with a lower install base and while the series was still growing in popularity. I think two million is a safer bet
>>738758348>charge hold is a funI don't disagree>largely impractical option for skill expressionbull fucking shit. Peaking a corner vs peaking a corner by charge holding out a character width to pop out and blast a guy is not "impractical". It's a powerful mixup.
Splatoon 3s story absolutely did not give context into every aspect of the storyNothing about the octarian side of the war was actually focused on and hardly a single thing about salmon run was even mentioned at allWe get one throwaway line from the logs talking about what mr grizz maybe used the golden eggs for, but ultimately not a single thing about splatoon 3s story had anything at all to do with salmon runSplatoon 3s story was just "what if we did octo expansion but AGAIN since everyone LOVED it so much" forgettinf that octo expansion was really good because the story was good and the gameplay was new and being able to play as an octoling was huge in the context of the gameSplatoon 3 just took the gameplay aspect and forgot to integrate it into the world in a way that makes any sense at allMost of the story literally nothing happensIn fact i would even say splatoon 3s story had nothing to do with anything at all in the slightestA "conclusion" to the octarian conflict but the octarians arent the focus at allJust enemy fodder for the sake of enemy fodderMaking mr grizz the villain by making him act entirely different from how he normally does and giving him almost the exact same motive as tartar from octo expansion, which they repeat AGAIN in side orderOrca served absolutely no purpose in the story
Chargers and splatlings should have a off-pov *kasheen* effect when they achieve full charge.
>>738757869when you think of it, it's a total farce>tartar calls out 8, and cephkind in general, for following in humans' footsteps to a t (humans nuked themselves out of existence)>sets out to nuke inkopolis to send a message (we knew that there are more settlements than just inkopolis back then already)>is there a moral? is he right? was exposure to grandpa cuttlefish enough for 8 to consider saving the city?>lmao no, you have no agency and get no message, magical superpowered lesbian idol * power to the rescue <з every single singleplayer so far has been fucked over by last minute idol takeovers, and in oe especially it muddles the entire message
>>7387597502/?The stupid little salmonid you have with you doesnt matter at all and killing mr grizz doesnt matter at all because you can just go back and play more salmon run anywayThey imply lil judd takes over and then do absolutely nothing at all with thatThe premise of "this one bear survived the spaceship crashlanding to earth and got hyperintelligent because it dreamed a lot while in cryostasis" is the stupidest premise everDeep cut served absolutely no role in the story no matter how you look at it
>>738756926This! Sun Tuzu didn't write "The Art of Turf War" for nothing after all.But yeah, start with Splatoon 3! It gives you the full Splatoon package. It's a ton of fun, both on your own and with friends.
>>738757250>they get to see ninja squids swimmingThey can see me?
>>738759467it's a commital and rather expensive mixupunsquid buffer with charge is half a second, plus swimming itself, you're baisically charging twice and likely ruining your positioning for a pick, so it better be fucking worth itgoing trad charger plain lets you do more
>>738759867Splatoon 3s story couldnt decide what it wanted to focus on so it tried to cover everything and ended up covering literally nothingIf the sunken scrolls and the themeing if the game were anything to go by, they shouldve focused on deep cut and the history of the three clans and on the splatlands and not a bunch of other new things that came out of nowhere that they had to rush a connection to everything for
>>738759750>if you ignore and downplay everything it touches on, it doesn't touch on anything at all!Sure man. And nothing happens in any splatoon story until the end. And Order’snmotivation is hardly the same as Grizz or Tartar
>>738759852Thats not what tartar didThe point was that tartar idolized the hell out of humanityAnd misinterpreted what they were likeCriticizing us for focusing on stupid things like fashion trends and fighting for stupid reasons when thats exactly what humans didThe "message" was that this thing was insane and couldnt see its hypocrisy"Enough for 8 to save the city" how about the fact that they were literally about to be killed and wanted nothing more but to go to the surface and has nothing else going for them
>>738754536its a much faster game that requires less direct coordination. the time to kill is also lower
>>738759750>but ultimately not a single thing about splatoon 3s story had anything at all to do with salmon runI kind of liked that. It's not as if the game said nothing about Salmon Run. Even if the game didn't provide some grand Salmon Run story, the Salmon Run mode itself did give lots and lots of clues as to what Salmon Run was or wasn't. And then you had the story mode, that was primarily focused on the whole Alterna stuff and its human connection. And then the Alterna stuff and the Salmon Run stuff intersected. And that was kind of rad.
>>738760094Okay heres what their motives were: lets erase all of this current species to make MY ideal species/stae of existenceTartar: wanted to kill everyone and recreate its idealized species, forcing people to become mindless zombies in the processGrizz: wanted to kill everyone and recreate his idealized species, forcing people to become mindless zombies in the process (mind you, they dont talk about why fuzzy ooze can even do that bexause its a stupid ass plot)Order: wants to basically lobotomize everyone and turn everyone into mindless zombies into what it thinks is the idealized state of being. Also happens to be an ai like tartar was
>>738760451But that's because MY ideal > your ideal.
>>738760138he idolized humans, but he also knew exactly what lead to their downfall despite how great they werethat's why he called cephs out for being just as vapid and violentthe plan was to nuke inkopolis to demonstrate his power and then keep standby as a neutral peacekeeping threattartar was insane, but tartar was also rightand 8 could've escaped to the surface and then fucked off in a makeshift boat to the nearest shore because fuck these guys over there she's never seen them
>>738739969just buy three and play it squigga.it's easy.
>>738760451grizz is a 12k year old virgin, all he wanted was some warm mammalian pussy
>>738760431There literally wasnt a salmon run connection to alterna thoughAlterna being remnants of humanity wouldve worked if all of it wasnt clearly built for us inklings to utilize freelyNone of the testing stages fit in with alterna at allThey simply do not make sense nor is there even a good reason for there to be testing to begin withThe only thing was that ark polaris was the spaceship that crashed that mr grizz came from and that wasnt even a part of alterna, mr grizz found alterna from the ships gps system or whatever
>>738760080>going from 2 dimensions visually to poping out of that 2nd dimension to blast some fag with little endlag as opposed to strafing in the 3rd dimensionCharger apologetics man.
>>738760451Order didn’t want to recreate the species in his image. He was just an extreme extension of Marina’s desire to keep things from changing. So the motives are meaningfully different, despite similar execution
>>738740441squiggers like you should be fried
>>738760050They put an initial startup wake on ninja and eddies are visible as you swimThe latter isn't unfair or anything though. The former is.
Heres a good nerf for charger and spaltling: Direct hits with the line marker vacate their charge
>>738746360>subs are usually R>but we technically due two subs with gadgets>no special to be seen>but relic powersvery strange. intrigued. need more info.
A big problem splatoon has as a whole is that instead of giving us lore in game theyll do exclusive dev interviews to explain huge worldbuilding and plot things and maybe put info in japanese artbooks instead of into the game so they can just retcon anything they want whenever they want, i guess
Someone tell me if I'm on some stupid, but I've started considering Splatoon 3 as "The best shooter as long as I'm playing it"If I'm thinking about what to play, Splat3 rarely comes up, but once it does I start to think about how great splatoon is and get really into it.And then I get my fill and put it down.Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
Splatoon 2 is undergoing server amintenance. Don't bother booting up till next rot
>>738752381>, if you're a big corporation, you have to bend the knee to all this faggot shit becauseNo you absolutely do NOT need to cowtow to antiwhiteism. stop making excuses for them.
>>738761190Oh, to clarify, I don't consider other games on the level of splatoon, I really think it is one of the best shooters out today.
>>738761174Even disregarding outside sources, splatoon 3 including side order did a horrible job with the plotLike an established bit of canon was that sanitized octolings are made up from the sanitization goop and are functionally not aliveAnd they just retconned that completely in side orderAnd thats why making mr grizz the big final boss for splatoon 3 was the literal stupidest possible thing they couldve done because the reason for salmon run literally just boiled down to "get eggs just because, i guess?" and now that lil judd is supposedly in charge its just like. Okay so what the hell did we do all that for thenLike none of that meant anythingIf there were salmonids in alterna MAYBE it couldve matteredIf anything at all actually had anything to do with salmon run and not just that you have a smallfry with youThe most appealing thing about mr grizz is that he was a mysteryAnd given the way tartar functioned, there is absolutely no feasibly way that it wouldnt have known about ark polaris or alterna
>>738761157Special seems to be tied to the bot buddy (ie riding big manta, summoning master mega). No idea about relic powers though. I think they may become inherent abilities, but whether they’re universal things everyone gets from a boss or just slots that unlock and can be customized, like with this double jump, who knows
>>738739969why do they lock the pve mode behind level progression. i don't want to play pvp to get to lvl 4 just so i can unlock pve. it's fucking dumb.i got a week of free nintendon't online when i got this game, but playing pvp was hell. i ended up just dropping the game by the time my free week was over.
>>738761157>>738761546Actually, looking at it, the relic power is also octagonally shaped. So it seems basically guaranteed that you can customize them abilities you get from treasure anywhere in the map, and you probably unlock new slots from the bosses. And yeah, they seem to be power ups instead of things assigned to a new input on your controller. This game has a fuckton of build options
>>738760656Also that was blatantly not tartars plan at all, as tartar itself specifically tells you that it was created to pass down humanitys knowledge to the next dominant species, but tartar decided we werent worthy of that
How long do you think Raiders campaign will be?
>>738761567first 4 levels of pvp are baisically a tutorial letting you figure out the controls and mechanicsturf war is too casual to count as pvp as it distinctly lacks in the versus aspect, it's kinda like playing hightower in tf2 where everyone just fucks around and you get kicked for actually pushing the cart
>>738761737weren't worthy of that yetif he just gave vapid and violent squids blueprints to the retrowave cannon they'd go and, dunno, blast all of salmon back to fish age
>>738761497>Like an established bit of canon was that sanitized octolings are made up from the sanitization goopThat’s not correct. Like obviously incorrect, because Acht was partially sanitized. For someone who is yapping a ton about the story, that’s a huge thing to have wrong
>>738756798just make it so only gootuber can hold its charge just like splat1. it's retarded that base and e-liter can save charges.
>>738761764Probably about 10 hours to beat, 20 to 100%, give or take
>>738739969you can start by taking hrt, sister
>>738757253explain your reasoning. i'm intrigued.
>>73876176420 hours since it's a single player focused game. I'm really hoping that the multiplayer is engaging enough that I could play it for hundreds of hours.
>>738761706I think those are special spirhalite crystals on its back. Probably what gives you the new upgrade for relic powers
>>738762003Okay so i was wrong about them being made up from the goop itself, but another issue with acht is that they canonically were willingly sanitized and then they act like they didnt make that choice themself
the fact that people are complaining about charge hold, of all things, really tells me the level of play the dudes here are atlike, bitch, 3 has maps that are so fucking wide open that you can glue a charger to the ground during charge and he'll still wipe the enemy team if left uncheckedcharge holding is strong, but it's also niche and takes restraint to not use when it's not actually needed, if someone's using it for every shot they are actively crippling themselves, ergo, only shitty chargers do it often enough for guys like you to noticeit's kind of like jump revving with heavy in tf2, low-grade players use it all the time because they don't know any better but strong ones know that it's a niche aggressive option that you have to be able to both afford and justify to even consider (slightly less cool than charge hold though)not even goob uses charge hold much, and its hold is giga buffed- it's got a short buffer, it's got charge-strafing, it's got enough duration to use rolls and surges, it can be held whenever, and goob still uses raw 100s, partials and torp combos for its bread and butter
>>738761497>And thats why making mr grizz the big final boss for splatoon 3 was the literal stupidest possible thing they couldve done because the reason for salmon run literally just boiled down to "get eggs just because, i guess?" and now that lil judd is supposedly in charge its just like. Okay so what the hell did we do all that for then>claims to be a lore expert>gets everything wrongshut upfry yourself.The eggs were explictly gathered because they are a power source. this IS told to us in two.li'l judd keeps grizzco running to hasrvest energy for his own evil ploys (also hinted towards heavily) illiterate squigger READ
>>738762575>they canonically were willingly sanitized and then they act like they didnt make that choice themselfOr ya knowlater regretted it after seeing 8 work towards freedom.nigger
>>738762575Yeah, you really don’t know what you’re talking about if you’re getting basic shit like that wrong, so you shouldn’t keep spouting nonsense. In what way did they act like Acht didn't choose to be partially sanitized? She wakes up in the simulation and tries to rescue Marina. That’s all
>>738760092Sunken scrolls aren’t meant to be full-on lore dumps, they’re suppose to be small tidbits to explain different aspects of the game and that’s it. You can sum up the scrolls with “here’s why/how [x] is.” They’re not there to give you a full-on lore history of each of the clan’s history, just enough to explain how frye can control eels and shit. Besides, it would ruin the magic if they overshared and left nothing to speculation
I love Raiders because it let me to a chain of events that made me discover this artist who draws juicy Frye (and sometimes other splatoon girls) pretty much every day.
>>738763165Why is she so big?
>>738740673Yes, just play 3. Play story and then start doing turf wars/salmon runs. Ignore that guy, he’s probably poor so he emulates
>>738763350Because she IS big, her 3d model is stacked for the standards they have to that artstyle.
>>738763557meant big as in tall. camera angle makes you look ant sized compared to her
>>738742382Fun. Lots of fun.
>>738753651I wonder if this game being a lower price and singleplayer focused will onboard a lot of new players in the west
>>738764702most likely yes. It'll easily hit 10mil+ lifetime.
>>738740441>>738740073>>738744371Retarded snoy.
>>738764945I imagine you’re right, but I am curious to see how it'll leg out without the updates a numbered game gets (assuming there aren’t any, which seems more likely)
>>738765016nigga just typin shit
>>738761310I'm not making excuses for anyone, I'm pointing at it and calling it retarded. I'd like to figure out where this gay shit started so I can point at the exact thing that started the downfall of making everything gay and brown.
>>738763649>camera angle makes you look ant sized compared to herNah, just your imagination due to forced perspective.
>>738739969this game reminds me of pvz garden warfareI wish to play it someday
As someone already into splatoon, is there a way to get gyro aim like splatoon in other games via Steam input or something? Literally nothing else does gyro like splatoon does because its method kinda necessitates a camera reset button, but that's how I built up my muscle memory.
>>738765921It kind of sucks compared to Splatoon's reset button, but on Steam you can configure a gyro on-off toggle button. And you can turn off the gyro and re-adjust your gyro before quickly turning it back on. It's not as good but you can become pretty quick and comfortable with it somewhat easily anyway.
>>738754375Jesus Christ, dude...
>>738766408>>738766464
>>738765708...Mistress Mega
>>738766549>not having 1000 hours in Splatoon 3fake ass squiggas
>>738766549that's baby shit I have over 3k and I have some friends with over 5k and 6k hours
>>738766549I have like 2k hours I think.The game is fucking great.>>738766589>racistprme example of an antiwhite slur.Also no actual retort, just shaming language to silence those who see reality.Day of the frier soon for (you)
Splatoon? More like Sloptroon LOL!
>>738766464>>738766408dude
>>738766665lol calm down my ohio brethren
>>738766549That's... not an achievement. The game's been out for almost four years now and I only have 1500 hours on it when most players have at least 2000.
>>738766860>Still not gonna do shit glowniggy.lol stop being a schizo fagfox
>>738766860
>>738766942Not schizo if it's all provable.>>738766974nah I'm good.
>>738766860it's pretty typical of a schizo to fly off the handle at one word posts and call everyone the enemy
>>738766942Jesus christ, I hated that fag back in the day for being a shitter at the game and ruining threads, didn’t know he was a schizo too. And the thread was going so well too. Shame
>>738767018it's what famitsu threads do to an anon thank fuck I left before it happened to me
What genres of music do you think Raiders will cover? The some from the new trailer had an interesting sound, but I couldn’t quite place influences. Reminded me a bit of the Spyro ost but with an island vibe
>>738767186I check in on them every now and then, and the mental illness has ratcheted up an absurd degree. It used to be way less shizo posting and more people speculating about sales and reacting to surprise hits, if I remember right. Wish it wasn’t a cesspool, cause this launch would be fun to discuss with sane people
I hope that the idols offer more than different super moves. I'd like it if they had unique buffs
>>738767350>It used to be way less shizo posting and more people speculating about sales and reacting to surprise hits, if I remember rightyou did remember right it became a schizo containment thread about two years ago
how would you guys rank the games
>>7387675653>1>23 is the best in basically all ways save map design. 1 has a unique charm to it still, even if it has the least content. 2 is basically obsolete, save Octo Expansion, and it had horrible special design that ruined it for me by the end
>>7387675651>3>2
>>738746360I feel like the biggest question left for builds is what exactly differentiates tanks
>>7387675652+OE>3>1Sorry but people arguing that 1 is better than either 2 or 3 are blinded by nostalgia.
>>738766549It came out during the pandemic and so I have 600 hours in it.
Why are Salmoniggers allowed to live, why don't we just carpet inkstrike them off the face of the Earth
>>738768129the default splatoon 3 tanks don't look like you can have subs on them.
>>738769278I mean the gameplay differences between the tank in Raiders
>>738766185I didn't mean in terms of having a reset button period, I mean Splatoon uses world-space gyro, as opposed to just about everything else
>>738757349>it's just the same shit as 1.1's final boss is better than anything in 2's base campaign. it's pretty sad how much of a downgrade 2's was from that.
>>738769528it technically is a difference even it's not an exciting one if it is true though. i'm just going off of the fact that none of the shots in the trailer show it with a sub like the other tanks. some relic powers won't be available on all tanks.
>>738769862Ah, I forgot that was in the direct, good call out. And you’re probably right, relics powers and gadgets(though likely maxed at two pretty early) could be one of the main things limited/enabled by tank variety. Makes more sense than a boss upgrade, and those dangling charms are most likely relics. Hadn’t pieced that all together yet. Cool, thanks anon! Makes me wonder if we do get any unique upgrades from the bosses, or just progress and some a powerful relic or something
>>7387675653>2>12 had the best campaign, though.
Buy the game and play it, not much else to say. And if you have good taste, you adore octoling girls because they're adorable little babies.
>>738770163unique boss upgrades would be cool. now that you said that, it'd be nice if they made completely new weapons as boss drops. >dangling charmsthose are tied to which ever idol is going to activate their attack. it glows when it's ready similar to specials in the mainline games.
>>738770683I wanna love the idea of riding Big Man but the trailer didn't make him look at effective. I wonder if you can upgrade the crew's super moves and make them obscenely broken in the endgame.
>>738770573>And if you have good taste, you adore inkling girls because they're adorable little babiesftfy
>>738770683Ahhh, cool observation!! I was hesitant about the relics being on tanks, but I misunderstood your claim before. They most likely are separate and probably the boss unlock
>>738767763this
>>738770921Oh anon, we all know nobody sees inklings that way.
>>7387675652>1>33's map design is intolerable and 1 has it's good gyro over it
>no badges>no splashtag>no online matchmaking>easier salmon run>15 hours long>80 dollars
>>738772117>no jobs>no cash>no hope
>>738750765it plays nothing like cod zombies and that is why splatoon is the greatest zombie game of all time
>>738758875>>738759215but its a spinoff with different gameplay
pool is so dead I forgot the people who used to be there
>>738772817????
>finally passed 8k big shotsHmm, not bad. But if I actually want that badge, I may have to start playing the insane amount of salmon run that I used to when 3 first came out.>>738772817I'm a little sad that I've probably forgotten the full amount of people that used to play this game together all the time. On the bright side, most of the ones I really liked playing with added me. So that's nice.
no salmon room tonight
>>738773139or ever!!!!! hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!
>>738773213I'm not making rooms for the next salmon rotation or the next bay rotation
>>738773213
>>738773301holy kill yourself
>>738773329HRAHH!! RAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Who let this fatfaggot in here?
>>738773294>or the next bay rotationCoward.
>>738754653>Everything is a hallway with sheer dropdowns so perched up classes can see your vector of approach from MILES away.Why the fuck did they do this? I can remember maybe one slightly open map from 3 why are nips so painfully autistic?Splatoon 3 is a salmon run game for me now ( where you wait 40 hours for a rotation ). Absolute utter goyslop.
>>738773421marooner's gay
>>738773421don't care it's just not worth it
>>738754653>nerfing ninja squid by multiple meansHopefully they'll get it right next game and remove it completely. They're almost there. Just one final push.
>>738773414i was simply expressing that i found their post humorous. bowser was laughing along with him.
>>738773496skill issue
>>738773467Is there anything gayer?>>738773493Actually took a look at it. Thought it'd be worse, but two of those weapons are great and the others are rather adequate. Might be dps issue, though.
Sniperwriter doesnt deserve to come back in any game.
>>738773523>Noo it's super fun for the enemy to go completely invisible upon retreatingNo. It's not. Remove it.
>>738773578Again Skill issue
>Salmon run>God tier rotation>Get a JP lobby>Base is permanently inked like we just exploded the extra wave boss>No deaths>156 golden eggsHow do I move to Japan?I wouldn't play pvpslop at all if I could see my woomy's tummy and feet in salmon run desu, curse osha.
>>738773702You can keep parroting things but I will grin in sheer joy when it's removed, just like I did when Moray Towers was removed. Splatoon ill needs such cancer.
>>738767565Never played 1 because it's stuck on a shit system. The concept of having a giant gamepad with a screen included that you'd need to replace at a costly price if it starts drifting is improbable. Not even jews would try this shit. 2>3 because the maps are abominable in 3. People sharing complaints about 2 specials are mega sweaties playing high level Splatoon, I don't care. Imagine making a profession out of playing a kid's game, and making it unbearable for everyone around you.
>>738773543It's gonna be shit with freelancers so I'm just going to get my capsules then leave
>>738766549
>>738766549Nigger I had 1k hours the year Splatoon 3 launched.
>>738773713You got lucky, far as I'm concerned. I've come to associate jp lobbies with mid to terrible players.>>738774108All the more reason to group up! Speaking of shit freelancers, my god was eggstra work a shitshow. Only got silver, people would just not stop dying.
Buff Thermal Ink, please.
>>738774270this and more nova buffs would save the game
>>738739969Get 3 and play ranked until you reach A and if you don’t like it, don’t continue. If you do like it, continue. Turf War isn’t that fun, it’s nice on the surface but all the ranked modes are where the actual game is at. Salmon Run is fun too and they actually put dev time into it for 3.
>>738774065You’re retarded lol, the maps in 2 are still shit, and none of the specials are fun casually either
>>738774265>my god was eggstra work a shitshow. Only got silver, people would just not stop dying.I had the same experience. Eventually I just only got eggs until quota and then only focused on killing until I got my super bonus capsules.
>>738774265>All the more reason to group up!nah not going to do two king waves and be miserable the entire time like that spawning rotation we did I swear I was so mad I almost rage quit
>>738774445I tried a bit longer after my capsules but after a while, I just couldn't be bothered to give a shit. It is mostly my own fault for not doing it ASAP, but oh well. It's just a sticker. Are they even doing repeats?>>738774554What, the previous one we did? I found it oddly hectic and sadistic, way harsher than I"m accustomed to in that place. But I can't say I was all that upset.
>>738739969Buy the game but prepare yourself to be turboraped because the mm suck ass and everyone has 1000 hours in it
>>738774718>I can't say I was all that upset.I was FUCK SPAWNING GROUNDS also I see you playing smash bros play me bitch
>>738774718>Are they even doing repeats?That was a repeat, the very first one I think.
>>738774796I suppose I just don't get your hate of it. Whatever flaws it may have, it just doesn't measure up to my dislike of the boat. Wait, you can see me? I thought I had this shit set to invisible. I was just listening to the music, but sure, let's fight.>>738774818Hmm, intriguing. I suppose with the loop around, I could try for the golds I missed.
>>738774973Raiders will be out before the next eggstra work. Next one should be in August if they keep the same schedule.
>>738774973>I thought I had this shit set to invisibleI saw it as the last game you played
>>738775193Huh, okay.>>738775181I want that direct, goddammit.
Ouch. The hitbox on that move is nuts.
>>738775279fuck those hammers
Cod, I wish Nintendo would show us more gameplay.We have 10 more weeks of waiting.
>>738775498that was a good match
>>738739969Just use your go into games machine
that bomb to thunder was hilarious
>>738739969Start with 2. The dlc is """"free"""" with the expansion pass and since the multiplayer is close to dead, you can easily find used copies around 10 bucks.I got my copy for 7,50 2 weeks ago
hey bro do you have the cuphead mii outfit?
Finally, a round where it felt like I could do something.>>738775976Indeed.
does anyone know if raiders has 120fps as an option or not
>>738775998>Nintendo>120 fps
>>738775992that's weird because I put the song on but it didn't show up also fucking zoom
>>738776096metroid prime 4
>>738776107No, I definitely have it. That, and the Shantae music.
>>738776096I mean any game can hit 120fps if it absolutely destroys the visuals.
>>738776190>and the Shantae musicthere's shantae music?
>>738776183Does it? The most I know about 4 is that people hate the hell out of it.
>>738776253indeed it doessplatoon 3 could 100% be playing at 120fps too but nintendo wont turn it on because le competitive advantage
>>738776248Yup, comes with the mii costume. Wow, I got more mileage out of Ridley than I expected.
>>738776328my spacing was shit and I was mostly unlucky with my magic
>>738776357Figures I could only consistently win because of bad rng.
FUCKING BULLSHIT
Hee
LOL
LMAO
Yeah, that looks about right.
gonna do a few more rounds
Wow, okay, that went okay for someone I literally never use.
FUCKING HATE THAT BITCH SORA
>>738777001Really? I got nothing to do with him.
>>738777103reefbro mains sora and it's a really hard matchup for me
this is the last one
>>738777209He must be hella good because you bodied me.
Yeah,I won't lie,I just sort of gave up there. I have no idea what I'm doing.
alright gg that was fun>>738777309>He must be hella good because you bodied me.I say we're about evenly matched
>>738777409You don't really have to spare my feelings, I got my shit rocked. Admittedly I was thinking about other shit, but even without that you still got me downloaded.
>>738777386I hate to say this but his sora is slightly better than my Banjo fuck sora
>>738777457>You don't really have to spare my feelings, I got my shit rocked. Admittedly I was thinking about other shit, but even without that you still got me downloaded.eh you do pretty good and honestly A and reefbro are better than you and I've never 1v1 canine follower and fang so I don't know how good they are
>>738777571Pretty safe bet to say I'm bottom of the rung.
>>738777463>his sora is slightly better than my Banjono way, playing against your banjo has me like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb9Ebe_rA8Mstressing doing anything just to even the score
>>738777768yeah most likely>>738777795bro playing your sora if frustrating and I always end up either at the brink of rage quitting or like this like this
>>738777891It is to be expected when I don't lab in the least, but even so I just don't have the right stuff. Especially when most of the time all I feel like I'm doing is fighting the game's controls.
>>738777891rather than ragequitting I just end up wanting to quit while I'm ahead/in the lead lol>>738778090>I don't lab in the leastI never lab either
aren't' they jiggly and boneless? i wonder how long their heads would wobble if you whacked them.
>>738778235Please don't smack the squids.
>>738778165>I never lab eitherWell, there you go.
>>738778090>I don't lab in the leastI don't lab but I do learn some neat tricks when I watch smash tourney matches but I rarely watch and it's mostly doubles>>738778165>rather than rage quitting I just end up wanting to quit while I'm ahead/in the lead lollmao
>>738739969buy it. play it.
>>738778235Their whole body literally has jiggle physics.
Which games are worth emulating on the steam deck?
>>738778235
>>738778696pitfall
>>738778379Man, I used to watch tourneys all the time. Been years at this point, I should get back into it. I want to be free now.
>>738778869I used to go to brawl tournaments (mostly locals) so I have a little soft spot for tourneys (I also watch a bit of slap city and rivals 2 matches) but I HATE the community so god damn much
Finally a series for trannies AND pedos
>>738779005I'm honestly not surprised. I don't have any personal animosity, but the reputation is well known and as someone who also loves traditional fighters, my distaste is not small at all.
>>738779129>I'm honestly not surprisedI did a year and mostly placed at the bottom but it was fun for a while and yes the fgc is also shit but I very rarely crossed paths with them so I didn't see anything
>>738779342Well I should hope you didn't. There's definitely a scene around me but I've been mostly content to just play with friends and such.
>>738779851thankfully the soulcalibur players are chill (from what I've seen) but the scene is dead unfortunatly
>>738780063It's a pity. Anyways, I was nodding off so I'd best go to sleep. Hopefully next time there might actually be Raiders info. Good night.
>>738760740Man, i'm too old for this shit.
>>738781096We all are.
gn sis
>>738768129Probably stuff like more ink capacity, faster ink refill, maybe sub saver as an ink tank ability just to think of a few.
>>738781223The fuck?!
>>738780723later
>>738739969Only play turf war, use the aerospray RG, and ignore the other team.
>>>738739969 (OP)>Only play turf war, use the aerospray RG, and ignore the other team.
For me, it’s Marina
>>738784056What the fuck?
>>738784905what seems to be the issue anon
>>738784056You forgot to tell him to focus on thoroughly coating all of the walls, people always overlook that!
>>738739969wake upfap to woomyeat breakfastfap to woomyplay splatoonfap to woomyeat launchfap to woomyplay more splatoonfap to woomyeat dinnerfap to woomygo to bedrepeatthat's how.
>>738783662>>738784056>be aeroGOD>sneak into enemy territory in last 30 seconds>take a shit all over their base>they panic and come rushing for me>teammates push up>game wonNever gets old
>>738786774when do you plap woomy ?
>>738786816never, because they are not real. ;(
>>738740073octo expansion is a great dlc
>>738786810Fuck you!!!!
>1 is content barren>2 has retarded specials>3 has awful level designwhen are we going to a squid game without flaws? I feel like Raiders could end up the most well designed by default simply because it's not even attempting versus multiplayer
>>738787540>when are we going to a […] game without flaws?lol
>>738784583who?
>>738756798delete all chargers and make stringer equivalentsstringers are just more honest chargers
>>7387675653 = 1 >>>>> 2
>>7387875403's level design might not be as soulful or cool as 1's, but it's sure better than whatever 2 had.
>>738774270if thermal ink applied to splash damage every blaster and stringer player under the sun would be running it
>>738789702People have rose tinted glasses for 2’s maps because it had The Reef, which is one of the best maps in the series. The rest were mostly shit, but no ones talks about it
>>738789859The best map will forever be Splatoon 1's Arowana Mall though.
>>738790027hahahahahaoh wait you're seriousAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>7387900271’s Mahi, 1’s Flounder, ReefI also have a soft spot for Mako, Manta and ROM-en
>>738790027forgot about that map, yeah it rules. every splatoon 1 map is great (except triggerfish and depot being the worst maps in series history)
>>738789702they added a good amount of aesthetic soul in a patch, which was nice
>>738746360Wonder what the star rating on the weapon implies, since there’s already a level
>>738746360that mini design is so sex
>>738794230The jury rigged aesthetic is sick
>>738786868Learn to lucid dream. It's worth the discipline and effort at least once.
>>738795879how to dream woomy dreams?
>>738795958Lucid dream checks throughout the day and first thing in the morning to avoid false awakenings. Then a commitment to wake yourself up after lucid woomy dream. Then just patience.
>>738795337I remember when Splatoon 3 premiered and people were really excited for the cobbled-together look of some of your gear, but it didn't really go that far into that. I guess now, they're finally using aesthetic more for Splatoon Raiders.
>>738796243The Splatoon 3 opening was such a blueball, I thought we were going to get Mad Max shit.
>>738756926The fuck?
>>738746360>weapons with levels and star ratings (presumably related to stat increases)>gadgets with their own unique upgrade parts you can equip as you like>up to 5 passive boosts such as a double jump>tanks that presumably vary in ink capacity, ink recovery rate, movement speed, etc and differences in relic power compatibility>bot buddy with their own specialThis shit is going to be amazing
>>738797786I really hope we get to do a bunch of noita-like stuff with the weapons.
>>738798493It's what I thought too. If the order of those modifiers on the right matters then it'll make a massive difference.I don't know other games that do noita style wandcrafting.
>>738798493I wouldn't get too excited, Nintendo are too anal about game design to allow players to go totally nuts. Side Order was underwhelming because they made a roguelike that was unwilling to let you zoom across the maps like a maniac similar to games like risk of rain
>>738798816There’s no chance the order matters, don’t set yourself up for disappointment when what’s there looks sick already>>738798910You can get insanely OP in side order, what are you talking about? Do a run of explosion radius, explosion damage and lucky bomb drops and tell me that shit isn’t nuts
>>738796243Yea, the game never stuck with its whole “shithole wasteland” aesthetic and kinda dropped it early on. The Splatlands was made out to be this poor shithole where anarchy reined and debuted maps such as a sunburnt canyon, a shitty wet market, and a metal scrapyard. Then by the end of the game’s lifecycle we’re getting high-end malls, robot-ran restaurants, and a redeveloped international airport/train station
>>738739969That thumbnail made me think the ceph was oppai.
>>738747596I liked that bear. Hope he comes back.
>>738800547I hope he falls from orbit in this game’s finale
>>738757817They're (not) sisters you sick fuck!
>>738803856crazy that this is the first splatoon boxart to have idols on it
>>738803927frye supremacy
>>738803856Look at her!
>>738803856The splatchet and the weird shell soda are the canon gadgets, if you use anything else, you’re not getting the true experience
>>738806136it's a fizzy bomb, though it may have a few other functions.easier to tell looking at this image, top left
>>738805470i want to smear my dick cheese all over her flat chest.
>>738806332I could imagine a bomb that instead of exploding, just lets out a continuous spray around the point that it drops. The amount shaken extends how long the spray is.
>>738790027You mean Splatoon 1's Port Mackerel
I have never used any other weapon.Well I use others in Salmon run, but regular pvp. yea, I don't know what any other weapon feels like, always been a urinal main. Its fun banking shots off shit and hitting people from far away.
>>738806332The ink skates better be as fun as the concept implies, or I’ll be devastated
>>738807320i just noticed those were shoes.i thought it was the return of Seekers from S1.
>>738807413I’m just realize the “blade” of the ax is just a wide nozzle that they attached to the hose grip. Best art design team in the industry
>>738799197Side order is pretty subdued compared to most roguelikes. Explosion radius is also very underrated, most people don't realize it even affects things like portal explosions.
>>738739969buy splatoon 3buy a pro controllernever disable gyroput the gyro and stick sensitivity to maxdo the campaignplay salmon run until you feel fully comfortable with the gameavoid turf warstart playing ranked modesgrow tired of the meta and return to salmon runavoid turf warbuy 2+octo if you're really hungry for singleplayer contentavoid side order
>>738808063I dunno about most but maybe. It doesn’t let you break the game in ways that cause the game to nearly crash, like Isaac or Risk of Rain, but it does let you get insanely OP, unlike something like Hades.There are portal levels where the explosion radius overlaps and breaking one will break them all, it’s so fun
I pretty much skipped Splat 2 entirely so my only experience was with the first game and season 1 of 3. I’ve heard it’s way better now, I got S+ in season 1 and had to beat all these fucking klansmen who had tags in their username but it’s probably a lot more dispersed now and if you wanna have fun you can just play with /v/ in salmon run.
>>738808402>avoid side orderwrong
>>738739969Be mentally ill
>>738808721side order is the most boring thing to ever come out of splatoont. plays salmon run literally every single day
>>738809635That’s a mighty stupid opinion when 2’s campaign existst. doesn’t care about your credentials
>>738809781at least the campaigns have the decency to end in a reasonable timeframe
>>738809867That’s also fucking wrong lol. You can complete a run of side order incredibly quickly, if you aren’t shit. It’s your fault if you suck ass or have completion autism. 2’s campaign is just replaying the middest hits and goes on for nearly 10 hours.
>>738810063>ou can complete a run of side order incredibly quickly, if you aren’t shit.that's nice but you'll see repeated content within a single run and the game wants you to finish 12 of them and people who "are shit" aka 99% of players will need to do at least a little bit of grinding to manage that
>>738807320Ice controls
>>738810221>the game wants you to finish twelve of themcompletion autism, right. If you see credits and can’t stop yourself from playing more, that’s your fault. And yes, it’s a roguelike. You will repeat things. It could use more content, but that’s the genre. It having some pushback is a good thing
>>738810903it's an extremely mid roguelite with paltry contentif i see credits and DON'T want to play again it's a failure to execute on the basic idea of the genre: make something i actually want to replay
>>738811039shit taste and now you’re losing the plot of your own argument
>>738811112my argument is that it's boringthe plot of that argument is that the game has little content and what is there is uninteresting
>>738811221after you abandoned all of your other shit arguments about being too long and about having to retry when you lose being a bad thing lol. But yeah, it could use more rooms and bosses. No it’s not uninteresting. And saying it’s more boring than 2’s retread tutorial campaign is braindead
>>738739969Be a pedo.
>>738811498it's too long because it's a roguelite that doesn't have enough unique or interesting content to support more than one complete runif you think what's there is interesting you have a much more powerful version of autism than i doat least 2 has story beats and varied level design going for it, as mediocre as it is
>>738808402>buy a pro controllerbuy a third party pro controllerstock's triggers are too stiff to be comfortable
>>738811704>y-you’re autisticyou already signed your post as playing Salmon Run every day lmao. But yeah, the guy enjoying Splatoon 2 campaign story beats is less autistic
>>738811982the switch 2 pro controller is perfectly fine
>>738811982third party controllers typically have shit or no gyro>>738812013i never said i enjoy 2's campaign, i said it's more rewarding than side order, which it is unless you're even more autistic than me, which you are
>>738812115nta but how? they offer almost identical rewards aside from the order replica weapons being far more unique in design than the hero replicas which are infinitely more tedious to unlock
>>738812115most modern third party procons have gyro
>>738812350and the gyro they have is shit in comparison to official hardware
>>738812115You didn’t say rewarding, but the other another covered how that pivot is idiotic. You said it has story beats, which is retarded. Side Order does too, and they’re not a complete retread of the first game with mind control slut glasses
>>7388097812's campaign is free
>>738812219>>738812532rewarding as in like, the reasonably neat story content and weird mission objectives and getting to play unique levelsside order's story beats are even less interesting and its levels are even less interesting than 2's
>>738812623You actually have to pay for the electricity to play it. Oh, and the game
>>738812661what weird mission objectives? only OE and 3's base campaign had those95% of 2's base campaign levels are "get to the end' and you maybe fight a bunch of octolings on a pvp stage every now and then
>>738812841you know what, maybe i'm misremembering the quality of 2you win, it's just as bad as side order
>>738812661>reasonably neat story contentwhat story content is neat?
>>738812751don't forget the tv and the chair
>>738812961>don't forget the tv and the chairplay it in handheld whilst standing
>>738762575>>738812904anons really love yapping when they dont know shit huh?
>>738813030with what roof over my head?
>>738812961you need cumrags too. Inklings are too sexy.
>>7387399691 > 2 > 3The single player is okay, the single player dlc is even better. The online scene is half baked massive hot steaming trash. You can match randomly with a team of 3 randoms, while the the other team is a team of 4 voice chatting on discord, and there is no way to avoid this. If not for that, the online is trivial. Splatoon 3's the worst.
>>738813329simply TANK the weather
>>738813492>You can match randomly with a team of 3 randoms, while the the other team is a team of 4 voice chatting on discord, and there is no way to avoid this
>>738813492>2 > 3Nah.
>>738813492all these words to forget that 3 is not only a great game but is the only one of the three that's still alive>>738813761kek i'm debating whether we should tell him how to avoid it
>>738813492>2 > 3no one has ever provided a real argument for this and never will
>>738814001>>738814307you can't directly control or opt out of being matched against 4-player Discord parties. Splatoon 3’s matchmaking mixes solo players and premade squads in the same pools; the game doesn’t expose a setting to block 4-player parties or voice-chat users.
>>738814479explain how series queue players get matched with open queue players despite those queues never sharing maps
If you spanked an Inkling or Octoling, would their entire body jiggle?
>>738815381Yes. Same if you plap them.
>>738815269>despite those queues never sharing mapsor better yet game modes
I never played a Splatoon game. Am I good to buy raiders and do it live or should I try to play the other games single player beforehand?
>>738815974>should I try to play the other games single player beforehand?I think you should, but you could probably go into raiders just having read a plot synopsis of 3
>>738815974I imagine that Raiders will probably be a good entry point. But naturally playing Splatoon 3's story mode, at the very least, would give a lot of context. Playing some of the "Salmon Run" mode wouldn't hurt either. But I doubt it'll be all that necessary. But Splatoon 3 is great fun either way.
>>738815974Raider's story is almost certainly going to be self-contained, it's not gonna get bogged down by the past decade of lore. It'll probably only assume you're aware of who the salmon enemies are. If you're not aware of the salmon enemies, here's the QRD:>There are salmon enemies called Salmonid. They're basically orc invadersok you're good
>>738816182>>738816203>>738816473Thank you.
>>738816473Knowing who Shiver, Frye, and Bigman are, going into the game, might be kind of cool. But I also imagine that Raiders will be more than sufficient in letting players get to know them all. I mean, you'll probably get to know them better in Raiders than you ever did in Spaltoon 3 even.
I'm sure it can be enjoyed as a standalone game, but its definitely mostly people who are already fans of the series buying it.At the least, get and play splatoon 3 since it involves the idol troupe of that game, and try the online while at it.
>>738816724I recall people talking about how they damn near play second fiddle in their own debut game. Honestly I thought Nintendo was going to drop them like a rock, so this is a pleasant surprise because I actually like them.
Splatoon peaked at the Callie vs Marie splatfest, sorry to say. It won't get better than that ever.
>>738817825and then it peaked with splatoon 2, and then it peaked again with octo expansion, and then it peaked again with splatoon 3
>>7388178252's shifty stations were the peak albeitI'm still mad they never went into regular rotation because some of them were fucking amazing
>>738817995i'm more mad that they didn't do shifty stations for 3's splatfests especially since 2v4v2 completely fucking breaks every map
>>738816939Same. I can't say I like them as much as the other groups, but they're still a fun group of idiots and having an adventure with them sounds like a grand old time. I'd rather they get a game and some spotlight over the other two again.>>738817825>not peaking at Grand Festival
>>738817995They were fun mechanically (which is admittedly the most important part). But I don't think it should be ignored how they were FUCKING UGLY and had the worst aesthetic of the entire franchise.
>>738817825Yes, Marie solidifying herself as the main idol of the series, and causing Callie fans to seethe was very satisfying.
>>738817825Grand Fest and Octo Expansion finale feel like the correct answers, but BIG Big Run is my pick. The triumverate is ludokino
>see splatoon thread, unzip pants >see people talking about the game, rezip pants
>>738819073>we'll never get the grand festival venue is a salmon run map ever againIt's not fair...
>>738816939It was even worse for Off the Hook until OE. But now they have the dlc monopoly, so Deep Cut getting a spinoff is perfect. I like them a lot. They’re unhinged energy, shark and eel familiars and non ceph member are all very fun gimmicks
>>738800240as they should be
>>738819496it can be both, if you want it to be.
>>738820781The best splatoon threads are capable of being both, but sadly it's very easily for the sex appeal to take over.
I stopped playing 3 about two months in, can I get a QRD on what went down? I remember not liking the maps very much, and reading this thread makes me believe that didn't change, but was the balance good?
>>738821215*makes me believe they didn't get any betterI need sleep
>>738821215a lot of the maps have had big changes and play a bit betterthe latter half of post launch maps are also much better in general
>>738821215The game approved a lot. But some people just keep insisting otherwise.
>>738752381i dont care for all the culture war bs, i just think it's terrible UIthe point of character customization is to be able to customize your character (wow), and if you have to add a "listen to them speak" button just to be able to tell which is a boy and which is a girl then you've just made terrible ui for the 99.9% that just want to choose one or the other>>738753690s2 just made it four options. i reckon you could solve the problem real easy by just idk, adding little icons. little icons which by the way are already in the splatoon fonts! both fonts already have male/female symbols, you can use them for free and the problem is instantly solved
>>738821215Roughly halfway or so through the lifespan of the game, they finally stopped adding tetris maps and had more variety and also brought back a few of the better one from past games. But the shit ones are still there so 3 will forever be tainted by them. But the game still plays the best out of all of them, and the specials aren't horribly OP like in 2 so it's fine. Salmon run is much better than in 2 so that's my main appeal. I still miss Lost Outpost and Ark Polaris, though.
>>738821590I guess you could. But I wouldn't fault anyone for thinking it's unnecessary. Especially alongside the audio cues. If it's already obvious, then how much more detail is needed?That said. I wouldn't mind the menu looking like that.
>>738821590>complaining about being able to make truly androgynous woomies
>>738821215Maps were the main issue, though they got better post-launch. Devs actually acknowledged player criticism of the maps at one point, which is unheard of for NIntendo. Second biggest thing I remember everyone bitching about was kits. Each main weapon only had two kits total, and for some weapons you had to wait two whole years for the second to even be added to the game. They did eventually add third kits for a few weapons, to coincide with the NS2 patch, but at that point it was too little to late for most.Not much else to report beyond that, the specials weren't total cancer like in 2 and weapon balance wasn't an issue outside of a couple small pain points.
>>738821590>you can use them and the problem is instantly solvedWhy do you think the problem exists in the first place? They got rid of male/female player options deliberately, to appease the non-binary crowd.
>>738821426Which maps do you think benefited the most? I feel like Umami went from bad to genuinely good. And mincemeat went from absolutely abominable shit to bad (and even good in a mode or two)
>>738821804it doesn't have to be necessary if there's other obvious cues, in 3 you had the fact both had different default hairstyles (though people i know still got confused by it), in this game they're the same (unless you know to look for the eyebrows) so the voice button is a necessary standin that just feels clunky, having to go over each one and hear them speak for something that could have been made very simple i reckon>>738821936i think being able to use boy&girl hairstyles interchangeably is good! my point is that this ui requires a doubletake for the 99% only to appease a 0.01% that will likely still not be happy, right? after all the choice is still "boy or girl", in the end. it's not really fooling anyone per se. so if the point of some UI is being able to customize your character then i think it should be made easy to customize your character, right? you don't have to even say "boy or girl" per se but it has to be obvious through clues at least, having to hover over each option, press Y, then evaluate whether this gibberish sounds male or female to you, is not particularly good UI to me>>738822291but does it, though? did splatoon 2 have problems with people for having the boy/girl options clearly labeled as opposed to obscured? are there people who think that because it doesn't say it they're suddenly not boys and girls anymore? as in, beyond random nobodies' tweets of "omg splatoon 3 logo is the nonbinary pride flag colors"i don't believe that anyone takes these obscured gender select screens at face value and just go "oh ok i guess they dont have gender then"
>>738822426definitely umami, crazy to me that such a big overhaul was a footnote in the patchnotes and didn't get proper advertisement. unlike hammerhead, which gave us a cute callie drawing but barely changed the map at all outside of zones
>>738822438just press Y lmao
>>738822587well yeah it's not a big deal. i can tell from the eyebrows anywaybut i like ui design, it's my hobby and profession, so i feel a bit annoyed when otherwise very talented people purposefully make bad ui design
>>738821936>cheering for taking away the female model's curves
>>738822693it surfaces more components of characterisation
>>738821936BASED ALARM ANDROWOOMIES RULE
>>738822757Does the female model not have curves anymore? I know it makes a huge difference in side order, weyyo Eight has such a flat ass it's so funny
>>738822549God, it’s such a shame that more of the changes didn’t apply to all modes. If they were all their best selves, the map problem would be reduced to a tiny inconvenience
>>738822889they do, he's just retarded
>>738822078It really is a shame that looking at it objectively, 3 could have been the definitive splat experience on switch. But they just had to ruin it with a horrible first impression and fortnite battle pass bullshit.>>738822549I don't even remember early Umami, what changes were made?
>>738823929the spawn region got a total overhaul, here's the old one
>>738824134and the new oneit also made the structure in the middle have inkable walls on the sides
>>738823929Battle pass makes no difference, only ropes in players with no self control. It’s actually better than adding items to the random shop pools, but you aren’t ready to hear that
>>738746360Switch 2 exclusive?
>>738824414yes
>>738824414Yeah.
>>738823386they don't, go look at the customization part of the trailer, they're basically identical except maybe(?) the male model has slightly bulkier arms
>>738824134>>738824192Ah okay, yeah, that's pretty good. You reminded me that you couldn't use to ink the middle bit, that shit was annoying.>>738824318Heavily disagree. Punishes players for taking any sort of break from the game, not everyone is going to have the sploon tism and I don't think it's fair to punish them when all those items and pieces of gear should have been added to the shops instead. Now the only reason to use money is fucking gacha.>but you aren’t ready to hear thatWhy are you bring twatter retard talk to this place.
>>738761310This is a Japanese company they have no reason to worship whitism either
>>738824652You have three months to get the items you want. If you so desperately want them that you’d be upset without them, that’s a better system than praying they show up in your shops. When nee items get added to that pool, you have to check every day and hope they show up, even though you’ve bought 95% of the stock, so it’s a complete waste of time. The battle passes should be selectable whenever, but even still, it’s a better system, and “‘sploon’ autist that doesn’t play ‘sploon’” is stupid and deserves to seethe about not getting his item for the game he doesn’t play. He would’ve never gotten them from the shop anyway>retarded twatter talk>muh super special clubkek ishygddt
>>738739969>How do i get into Splatoon?I don't know
>>738761039>exploding squidsI thought this was an "painting" the ground arena game,looks more like old school unreal tournament
>>738824967I dont really think the item autism matters. If you see an item you want, you can just order it from murch. There are so many outfits its not like anything in paticular stands out. Swapping into new gear for no real reason other then staying fresh is half the appeal. I dont like the catalog, but mostly because half of it is junk filler stuff like every other battle pass.
>>738824967Arbitrarily locking stuff like that behind a timelock is never a good thing, anon. Especially when it takes forever for a specific pass to come back. I play the game all the time still, and there have been seasons where I only just barely complete it. At least when stuff is in the item shop pools, there's a chance literally every day where you could find it and buy as many of one item as you want. What if somebody wants more than one of a specific battle pass item but you have to wait a longass time to get just one more? It's so stupid, completely against what player freedom should be. The catalogs are nothing but a shallow attempt to "retain" a playerbase and are the main reason so many people burned out on 3 in the first place. Nobody likes feeling forced to a play a game, there's a reason gacha is so reviled.>muh super special clubThis place hasn't been a special club in a long time, but that's no reason to talk like a faggot.
>>738825810Splatoon can sincerely be a rather hardcore and intense game.
>>738826343>Advocating for the “player freedom” of rng shop poolsCompletely retarded. The battlenpass lets people get the items or not. The shop makes them pray for it. If the player is stupid enough to burn themselves out, that’s their fault>everyone hates gachaThe shops are literally a daily pullI don’t give a fuck what phrase triggers your autism. Sorry not sorry ;)
>>738825810nta but i am patient zero of saying Splatoon is the most important shooter since Quakei've been saying it for a decade
>>738761039this shit reminds me of the fags in metal gear online 2 who would run in circles mashing their box equip button and trying to get headshots inbetween each box
Clique killed the pool
>>738761039Splatoon 1 was MADE TO BE FUN. Nintendo played it safe developing it, making sure it would not fail. Wii U failed, not Splatoon. If you never played through Splatoon 1 when 2 wasn't announced yet, you can't talk shit about Splatoon 1. Splatoon 2 & 3 don't even feel like a Splatoon game, they feel like slop.
>>738828194Playing in the pool should obligate a temporary name change to anon
>>738828548I'll never deny that Splatoon1 is uniquely special. But Splat2 and Splat3 are still splendid games. The latter especially.
>>738828548literally everything in 2 and 3 is a straight upgrade over the previous release except for 3's lane-based launch maps
>>738828548My 12 year old daughter and I play splatoon 1 on my homebrewed wii-u. A lot of fun. Living the dream.
>>738827098People need to preach this shit more. The genius of this series’s design is criminally overlooked. The thing is though, it’s locked to this game, because its so unique and tied into the aesthetics that anything else would look like a cheap imitation
>>738739969Sex with mechanicSweaty and smelly
>>738825131Wonder how the 3D one is going
>>738830450watching Foamstars exist for a brief second was incredibleit was so close to being good and being a really interesting 3D topology take on Splatoon's core mechanics but the art design made those mechanics so unreadable and noisy that the game was unplayable
>hearing the Splatoon *2* OST for the first timeThe first one was already weird. Now there's like, weird thumping electronica beats under a string soloist just going fucking ham? What is going on?
>>738831348It was also a hero shooter during peak hero shooter fatigue, and with ugly creatures like this
>thread's still hereFucking sweet. But still no Raiders...>>738827098>>738830450The gameplay is the main reason I even got into it in the first place. Went into that test fire just for a laugh but my god, I was blown away by how tight and amazing every design decision is. The slickness of how you reload, how you move about swiftly, being up to ink and go up walls, the fact they're squid and octopus people. Every single facet of it was amazing and had me hooked from day one, I could not stop playing that shit. But damn if I don't miss the cool '90s vibe from that first game.
>>738831348I keep forgetting Foamstars is a squeenix game. Was not at all surprised to hear it went free to play. It had decent enough marketing at the time, but I couldn't see it finding any sort of audience when most people were inevitably going to compare it to Splatoon. Thought the idea of it was nice, and some of the aesthetics were lovely but overall I just couldn't be bothered to care enough to try it out.Man, I feel bad for my bro who really got into it. Didn't want to ink squids, but that's the one that he dove into and I can only shake my head.
>>738831348>a really interesting 3D topology take on Splatoon's core mechanicsinteresting, sure, but ultimately self-defeating
Inkling girl soles...
>>738824484>socks and sandalsno pink toes? :(
Before the thread dies, throw out some Raiders speculation>we will meet a new antagonist of another species by the end
Is the music going to be a single band?
>>738833772Likely Deep Cut, Omega-3, maybe another salmon band and some artists from the abandoned civilization
>>738833570Mr. Grizz fell back down and is hiding somewhere.
>>738833772we hope it's kpop inspired
>>738834101>Likely Deep CutI'll be honest I forgot that they were a music group
>>738739969Play Splatoon 2 and then Splatoon 3, maybe.
Good thread, here's some cute octos to finish it off.
>>738837264no
>>738837264The cutest Octolings.
>>738837306I'm afraid you have no way of stopping me.>>738837329You could say that about a lot of them, really. Except Shiver, she tries to be overly sex. The dork.
>>738837378Hey, nothing wrong with dorky.
>teammate spamming booyah bombs>on Clam Blitzcan't win with these niggas
>>738837264Agreed, great to get a bump limit thread of game discussion. Probably milked it all until we get more Raiders news, so til then
>>738837532Ain't nothing wrong with a thing, but she is a bit of a tryhard. I can't wait to see the slapstick shit that happens in Raiders.
>>738837264gn sis
>>738837579>swap teams>teammates play aggressive>win within a minuteThat's the good shit
>>738837785Mind if I save this to my picrel folder?
>>738837820not at all
>one of my favorite artists finally drew veemo againAbout damn time. Fucker mostly transitioned to pokemon here and there. I get the slowdown ever since Grand Festival, but one thing I find rather repugnant is making human versions.>>738837593Never say never, but this was indeed a treat so I'll take what I can get.
>>738832307there's something very vital to it, but it needs a much better mechanics-driven holistic designit fundamentally cannot be produced by devs who are driven by investor milestones, so basically anyone but indies/Nintendo/Valve can never make a Splatoon or a Foamstars But Good or anything else that similarly challenges the status quo>>738831995dude samethe trailer awakened something in meand that first moment i swung my roller down and started rolling... projectiles launched like a shotgun and also painted the ground and then my movement was painting territory behind me to reload in, and rolling ALSO dealt damage (against noobs but still)... literally a life-changing game purely on its mechanics
>>738837835Hell yeah, thanks, anon
>>738837852sorry the first half was also for (You) >>738832275
PUSSYPUSSYMOTHERFUCKING PUSSY
>>738833570>>738835452Mr Grizz is on the Moon and the Salmonids are communicating with him via line-of-sight laser transmission and he is partnering with them to exact his revenge on Inkopolis and the New Squidbeak Splatoon for foiling his plans and the laser-based LOS communications mean he only gets to talk to them sometimes so their war tactics and strategies are equal parts hyper advanced vs their old Salmon Run habits and out of date in terms of adapting to the fresh tactics of Deep Cut and the Mechanic
This thread might be the most vidya discussion this board has had in days
>>738837852It really does seem like sploon was a game only Nintendo and its people could've made because it's so damn airtight on a fundamental level. Others attempting something similar are going to struggle like crazy because they'll want to do something to differentiate, and that will usually be the downfall. It just won't hit as good.
>>738838164i don't think the tightness is unattainable, it's just that very few other devs seem to start with such a completely mechanical basis for their gamesthey just aren't willing to spend the time and money and dev hours grey-boxing their mechanics and rules and movement and combat before they start inserting art styles and story and so onlike... something that very much isn't Splatoon could arrive at something of equal versimilitude in how the mechanics and aesthetics come together, but it can't be forced or pursued from a cynical "Halo Killer" kind of copycat mindset, which means the design has to be either lucked into very quickly or produced through a prolonged prototyping phase, and capitalism simply applies too many external pressures and constraints to allow most devs the freedom to actually pursue this
>>738838076common splatoon win
>>738838396Never unattainable, simply damn near. The whole shitshow that video game development can be is why I try to cut some people some slack, but at the same time bad products should be called out. Nintendo has proven time and time again that they don't give a shit about anyone else's standards and thoughts, which has proven both blessing and curse. To this game series, even. But in the end, it exists and I'm so very, very happy for that. The hours of fun I've had, despite all the hiccups. Because it's just so inherently fun at its core.>a cynical "Halo Killer" kind of copycat mindsetGeist
Oh ho, nice.
>>738838695>Geisteh? i'm missing something here and i must know
>>738831348>interesting 3D topologyThere should be some sub that creates a temporary structure. It kinda seems natural since it makese sense that shooting ink should be additive rather than replacing only colors. Maybe its too close to fortnite if they did
I hope they keep exploring other genres under the shooter umbrella. They’ve had really cool takes on a zombies mode, a roguelike, and now seemingly an extraction shooter (sans pvp). It’s great that they have innovations within these genres and don’t just slap their gameplay mechanics in and call it a day
>>738838790Oh man, it's an ancient tale, anon. An attempt at an M-rated GameCube game. Genuinely, I don't know if it was any actual attempt to compete with shooters on other consoles, but I can handily recall game journalists giving it that sort of title back in the day. You play as some sort ghost guy or something and have to scare people in order to possess them. To date, I've never actually seen footage of it. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure it even came out.>>738838821>extraction shooterHearing that term for years now and I'm still not sure what it means. Either way, I want more info and I want it now. People called Side Order disappointing but I thought it was fun and not just hastily put together. Content was its only flaw, far as I can tell. The hell are those island names.
>>738838962>Hearing that term for years now and I'm still not sure what it means.it means you shoot and extract
>>738839024
>>738837579let me guess gold aerospray?
>>738838962Basically you enter a map to try to get loot and get out. There’s usually both pvp and pve, and you risk losing what you take in. This seems to be doing the enter a map for loot thing, but no pvp, and likely no resource loss, though maybe you’ll drop what you grab on the map if you die. We did see lives in the Ui, if I remember right. food anagrams
>>738838076that's normal for splatoon threads
>>738839081gold aerosprays are integral to victory
>>738838762reminds me of the shark in universal studios hollywood that you can take photos with
>>738839094Ah okay, that's why it isn't just a traditional looter shooter or whatever. Not sure I quite agree that's where it's going, but having dungeons and all makes it a definite possibility. Having high difficulty ones for endgame runs sounds like it could be pretty fun, if they're invested enough time into the upgrade loop.>food anagramsOh shit, you're right. Spata, though....tapas?
>>738839192
>>738838962greed about Side Order. It had a nice balance of pre run and mid run build variety, and it’s probably my favorite implementation of meta progression. So many are overbearing and feel tuned to be unfun without upgrades. Fucking hades has a mechanic that tries to force a loss on you if you’re doing too well too early
>>738839206pasta
>>738839235>>738839262guarantee my winrate on aerospray mogs anything you have, and im not even talking about turf war
>>738839283lmao
>>738839283post it
>>738839246I do understand some of the criticisms but calling it bad just seems shitty because it flows really nicely. The only thing that really gets my tits is taking that gamble on a hacked floor and getting the no Pearlbot shit when you've invested heavily in her. But that's just part of the game, really.>Fucking hades has a mechanic that tries to force a loss on you if you’re doing too well too earlyWow.>>738839280I choose to believe I am right.
>>738839206This makes me pretty confident in the game’s structure. The lives and treasure search both just makes sense for it
>>738839389ngl i dont know how to see the winrate, help me out
>>738839425It's just making me want that direct more and more. It's more than likely coming in June but fuck, I gotta KNOW.
>>738839472I don't know either and I thought you posting it would let me know where its shown
>>738839425i hope multiplayer uses salmon run revives instead of lives
>>738839540fuck
Aww, it's about to die. And what a nice thread it became. Always nice actually talking bout the game for once. But gimme that direct, goddammit.
Hmm, "for once" may not have been the best phrasing. More like there were enough people to do it.
>>738839578lol it might be freshness but I'm not 100% sure
Sweet, that's all the ones I wanted to post.
